README.rst

django-ses-boto3

Custom Django email backend for Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) using Boto 3 and Python 3.

If you don't need boto3, use django-ses instead.

Installation

$ pip install django-ses-boto3

Quick start

1. Add django_ses_boto3 to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       ...
      'django_ses_boto3',
   ]
   

2. Update EMAIL_BACKEND in settings.py:

   EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses_boto3.ses_email_backend.SESEmailBackend'
   

3. Set AWS_SES_REGION_NAME in settings.py:

   AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = 'us-west-2' # or your AWS region
   

Authentication

This library uses preconfigured AWS credentials. Configuration instructions: https://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/configuration.html#guide-configuration

Passing credentials as method parameters is NOT supported (or recommended).

TODO

• Tests